An alleged carjacker has been apprehended following a reported carjacking incident in Gravois Park, as relayed by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department on their official website. The event occurred around 4:15 p.m. last Monday, October 7, when a 23-year-old man was forced to abandon his 2015 Chevy Malibu at gunpoint after attempting to troubleshoot an unspecified noise the vehicle was making along the 3700 block of Pennsylvania Avenue.
The victim claimed to police that after pulling over, an unidentified individual alighted from a light-colored 4-door sedan that had pulled up, proceeded to commandeer his vehicle while a second assailant brandished a firearm, instructing him to step back, a confrontation that culminated in the victim's compliance allowing the carjacking to transpire; the suspects then fled with the sedan and the stolen Chevy Malibu. Officers later located the stolen vehicle last Monday night of October 7 in the parking lot of a gas station within the vicinity of the 500 block of Bates.
Upon attempting to approach the previously carjacked Malibu, the suspects drove away triggering a chase that terminated in the 6000 block of Virginia, where two men exited the car and attempted to evade capture on foot. A statement from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department confirmed the arrest of the driver of the Malibu, a 23-year-old male, while the passenger managed to escape; two firearms were also recovered from the site.
The apprehended suspect was taken to a hospital to ensure he was fit for confinement before being placed in custody, as the search for the second suspect involved in the carjacking continues, according to the police report. Further details on the ongoing investigation remain scarce, but this incident adds to a growing statistic of vehicle-related crimes in the St. Louis area.
